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Obeza floridana
Photo#321616
Copyright © 2009
Odin Toness
Gall wasp? -
Obeza floridana
Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
August 17, 2009
Size: 3 mm
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Contributed by
Odin Toness
on 17 August, 2009 - 7:49pm
Last updated 4 August, 2011 - 12:40pm
Moved
Moved from
Eucharitidae
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John F. Carr
, 4 August, 2011 - 12:40pm
Obeza floridana (Ashmead)
Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae: parasitoids of Camponotus and will deposit eggs into small fruits that the ant are later recruited to, thus transporting the newly hatched larvae to the ant nest.
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John Heraty
, 4 August, 2011 - 12:22pm
Moved
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John F. Carr
, 16 September, 2009 - 6:00pm
Chalcid wasp: Eucharitidae…
The punctate body, small head with large mandibles, a bulging humpbacked thorax, a stalked abdomen attached low on the thorax, and the wing venation match well with this subfamily. The coloration is rare. They are exclusive ant parasites. This is an excellent find Odin.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 19 August, 2009 - 11:51am
this is insane
wish i could help with an id. nice find
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jbremer
, 19 August, 2009 - 11:44am